Menu based on articles in a folder

Wednesday 19 May 2010 1:05:50 am

Hi.

I'm pretty new with eZ Publish and has started my first project.

The question I have, might already by covered by other posts, but I havent been able to find it yet.....

I have created some content (articles) in a folder under "Media/Things to do". Each article is a general article.

What I would like to do, is to present the content of the folder "Things to do" as a menu on the left side of the 'Frontpage' 'Things to do' and when I click the sub-items, the page stays the same, with the menu to the left and the content in the centre pane.

Can this be acieved in an easy manner?

Appreciate all assistance :)

Regards

Thomas

Wednesday 19 May 2010 1:52:49 am

Thanks for the reply Nicolas!

Ok, but this will affect all 'Frontpages'?

I currently have defined 5 'Frontpages' and I only want this functionality on one specific page.

-Thomas

Thursday 20 May 2010 3:40:47 am

Hello Thomas,

If you are using a content type "frontpage", do you mean you are using the ezflow installation?

I am not quite sure to understand what you are trying to do?

Do you mean that you would like a specific mean for everypage?
I this case, you would ideally include the menu in the full view of your template.

If you wish to have a menu which changes depending on a section then you have a number of different ways to do this.
One simple method, is by using jquery or javascript:

1) Set a javascript variable in the full view of your templat:

something like:
<script type="text/javascript">

var my_section = "{$my_section}";

</script>

2) in your menu, check if the variable has been set
{literal}
<script type="text/javascript">
$().ready(function() {
if(typeof my_section != "undefined")
{
$(".menu_items").hide();
$("." + my_section).show();

}}
</script>
{/literal}

Good luck with this,